Publication date: 2000-06-22
Dewey code: 362.108995107471
List Price: $55.00
Price: $44.50
Review Ginseng and Aspirin: Health Care Alternatives for Aging Chinese in New York / Cornell University Press:Navigating the maze of modern American health care is rarely easy; those who enter it are confronted with a dizzying array of specialists, practitioners, and clinics from which to choose, and are forced to make decisions regarding drugs and treatments about which they may know very little. For immigrants, finding their way can be difficult-especially for those to whom Western medicine is itself unfamiliar. In this engaging, accessible, and detail-rich book, Zibin Guo narrates elderly Chinese immigrants' response to contemporary American medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes self-care and the medicinal value of foods and herbs; American doctors' responses to the ailments of their Chinese patients can seem impersonal and unnecessarily interventionist. Distrust, expense, and problems of communication and interpretation often frustrate both patient and practitioner. Guo paints a picture of a population that, despite its outward appearance of homogeneity, demonstrates a surprisingly wide variety of health-care knowledge, practice, and belief. Using case materials and interviews, he analyzes the blend of folk treatments and respect for Western science that coexist in the health care regimens of these elderly Chinese immigrants.
Creator: Randall E. Marcus
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1991-01
Dewey code: 617.3
List Price: $49.95
Price: $39.46
Review Orthopaedics Pipc (U.S.-Mexico Contemporary Perspectives Series) / Practice Management Information Corporation:
Edition: 2
Publication date: 2006-08-15
Dewey code: 362.18076
List Price: $36.95
Price: $22.01
Review EMT: Basic Pearls of Wisdom (Pearls of Wisdom (Jones and Bartlett)) / Jones & Bartlett Publishers:EMT-Basic Pearls of Wisdom is a collection of rapid-fire questions and answers to help students prepare for EMT-B state/national certification and refresher exams. Consisting of pearls-succinct pieces of knowledge in a question and answer format. Designed to maximize test scores, this title prunes complex concepts down to the simplest kernel. EMT-Basic Pearls of Wisdom is an excellent study guide for EMT-Basic students studying initial/refresher training.
Creator: World Health Organization
Publication date: 2006-03
Price: $20.00
Review Tools for Planning and Developing Human Resources for HIV/AIDS and Other Health Services / Management Sciences for Health:
Publication date: 1981
Review The Nation's health: A study guide / Boyd & Fraser:
Creator: Joanna Chikwe
Edition: 3
Publication date: 2008-02-09
Dewey code: 617
List Price: $49.95
Price: $40.19
Review Oxford Handbook of Clinical Surgery (Oxford Handbooks Series) / Oxford University Press, USA:Thoroughly revised with a wide range of new topics, presentations, and a new layout to aid quick reference, the new edition of this bestselling Oxford Handbook serves as an accessible pocket reference for junior surgical trainees, medical students, nursing, paramedical and rehabilitation staff. It covers the assessment and preparation of the patient, anaesthesia and critical care, inflammation, wound healing and infection, and the key components of general surgical practice as well as chapters on other surgical specialties, including plastic, paediatric and orthopaedic surgery. There are step by step descriptions of common operative surgical techniques, practical hints and procedures, and information on signs, symptoms and rarities. Emergency presentations are clearly identified for rapid reference and investigations and management plans are set out in a clear and easy to follow way. Surgically relevant anatomy and physiology is provided for each area, quick reference symbols ensure the reader is guided to key facts and there is an increased focus on evidence-based practice throughout. A cut above the rest, this is the essential guide to clinical surgery and the surgical specialities.
Publication date: 1998-07
Dewey code: 362.10941
List Price: $90.00
Price: $29.25
Review Health and the National Health Service (Change in Britain Series- a New Audit, 5) / Athlone Press:
Creator: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hea
Publication date: 1994-01
Review Forms, Charts, & Other Tools for Performance Improvement / Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthca:
Publication date: 2000-06-22
Dewey code: 362.108995107471
List Price: $55.00
Price: $44.50
Review Ginseng and Aspirin: Health Care Alternatives for Aging Chinese in New York / Cornell University Press:Navigating the maze of modern American health care is rarely easy; those who enter it are confronted with a dizzying array of specialists, practitioners, and clinics from which to choose, and are forced to make decisions regarding drugs and treatments about which they may know very little. For immigrants, finding their way can be difficult-especially for those to whom Western medicine is itself unfamiliar. In this engaging, accessible, and detail-rich book, Zibin Guo narrates elderly Chinese immigrants' response to contemporary American medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes self-care and the medicinal value of foods and herbs; American doctors' responses to the ailments of their Chinese patients can seem impersonal and unnecessarily interventionist. Distrust, expense, and problems of communication and interpretation often frustrate both patient and practitioner. Guo paints a picture of a population that, despite its outward appearance of homogeneity, demonstrates a surprisingly wide variety of health-care knowledge, practice, and belief. Using case materials and interviews, he analyzes the blend of folk treatments and respect for Western science that coexist in the health care regimens of these elderly Chinese immigrants.
Publication date: 2003-01
Price: $485.18
Review The Process of Cultural Competence in the Delivery of Healthcare Services: A Culturally Competent Model of Care / Transcultural C.A.R.E. Associates:
Publication date: 2003-01
Price: $485.18
Review The Process of Cultural Competence in the Delivery of Healthcare Services: A Culturally Competent Model of Care / Transcultural C.A.R.E. Associates:
Publication date: 2005-04-30
Dewey code: 615.5095694
List Price: $55.00
Price: $19.99
Review Negotiating the Holistic Turn: The Domestication of Alternative Medicine / State University of New York Press:Alternative medicine, once an anti-establishment outsider, has enjoyed such growing popularity in recent years that it has generated a new medical industry, complete with adherents, practitioners, researchers, lobbyists, and regulations. As it has grown, alternative medicine has gradually assumed a different position in the provision of health care. Combining ethnographic study with quantitative data, Judith Fadlon explains the popularity of alternative medicine, as well as the ease with which individuals now move between conventional and alternative medicine and between different alternative modalities. She concludes that alternative medicine has been undergoing domestication, a process by which the foreign is rendered familiar. Although the focus of the study is urban Israel, it is argued that domestication is a major force at work in a number of Western countries.
Publication date: 2003-03-30
Dewey code: 362.1908995042542
List Price: $78.95
Price: $38.37
Review Worlds of Health: Exploring the Health Choices of British Asian Mothers / Praeger Publishers:In this era of globalization we are faced witha plethora of health goods and services on the local and global marketplace. Faced with such variety and availability, how do we choose? This volume examines the influence of ethnicity, gender, and generation on our helath choices, focusing in particular on the choices of British Asian mothers: Asian women who are born and raised in Britain but are members of a globally dispersed ethnic group. Other factors (such as family, religion, community, and space) are also taken into account by the author, who uses original empirical research to explore the interconnections between the different factors and the ways in which these women combine western and nonwestern health discourses in their daily lives.
Creator: Forrest Cole
Publication date: 2007-06
Dewey code: 362.10967
List Price: $50.00
Price: $40.00
Review U.S. National Debate Topic 2007-08: Health Care in Sub-saharan Africa (Reference Shelf) / H. W. Wilson:
Authors
- J . Dianne Garner
- Susan O. Mercer
- Joel Leon
Dewey code: 362.19897
List Price: $54.95
Price: $54.94
Review Geriatric Case Practice in Nursing Homes (Geriatric Case Practice Training) / Sage Publications, Inc:What special skills and knowledge base do practitioners need to work in nursing homes? What ethical and legal issues do practitioners face in nursing homes? And how have reforms under the newly implemented 1987 OBRA legislature affected practice in nursing homes? With the rapid growth of nursing homes in the 1980s, questions such as these are now being raised by policymakers, administrators, practitioners, and others working in nursing homes. In this highly instructive volume, the authors examine these vital questions and explore such relevant issues as working with nursing home residents and their families, managing selected special populations, working with other members of the nursing home staff, legal and ethical issues, and the organizational and policy contexts that shape practice. In addition, the authors include structured learning tasks that can be used to guide the development of practice skills in supervised nursing home practicums and field settings. Professionals from a variety of fields including social work, nursing, geriatric mental health, medicine, and nursing home administration will find this book to be an invaluable resource in their own day to day work. "This book presents a useful and thorough introduction to the subject of case practice with older persons in nursing homes. While of interest to anyone who desires to work with older persons in nursing homes, this book will be particularly useful to students and professors in social work and gerontology courses. Instructors will find that the chapters lend themselves effectively to course organization, and they will appreciate the model fieldwork assignments that are presented in the appendix. [+]" -Clinical Gerontologist "This book provides a detailed and practical introduction to the subject of geriatric case practice in nursing homes. To the authors' credit, the content reflects a sound psychosocial theoretical base consistent with social service and social work practice. Students, beginning case practitioners, and instructors will find this book to be a useful guide to geriatric case practice in nursing homes. " -Clinical Gerontologist "Generally, the private nursing-home sector is poorly served with high quality literature specifically relating to this field; so, it is pleasing to find a book such as Geriatric Case Practice in Nursing Homes which is extremely well-written and fully referenced. I definitely recommend [this book] to health-care staff from any profession who have contact with elderly people, particularly nursing and rest-home staff, hospital, community- and day-centre staff, and nursing-home inspectors. " -Nursing Standard "Very useful as a textbook in schools of social work. The text would be valuable to any professional neophyte in the nursing home industry who needs an overview of the field, its development and the policies that are meant to effect change in quality of care. A major strength of this text is found in the 26-page appendix which thoughtfully and in great detail provides outlines, including learning objectives, for implementing several model fieldwork assignments in nursing homes. " -Priscilla Ebersole, Ph. D. , R. N. , F. A. A. N. , Geriatric Nursing "It presents a great deal of informative material with clarity in a well-organizeed and useful manner. Students and others who work in nursing facilities will become well-acquainted with the dimensions and complexities of these institutions when they read this book. " -Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology.
Authors
- J . Dianne Garner
- Susan O. Mercer
- Joel Leon
Dewey code: 362.19897
List Price: $54.95
Price: $54.94
Review Geriatric Case Practice in Nursing Homes (Geriatric Case Practice Training) / Sage Publications, Inc:What special skills and knowledge base do practitioners need to work in nursing homes? What ethical and legal issues do practitioners face in nursing homes? And how have reforms under the newly implemented 1987 OBRA legislature affected practice in nursing homes? With the rapid growth of nursing homes in the 1980s, questions such as these are now being raised by policymakers, administrators, practitioners, and others working in nursing homes. In this highly instructive volume, the authors examine these vital questions and explore such relevant issues as working with nursing home residents and their families, managing selected special populations, working with other members of the nursing home staff, legal and ethical issues, and the organizational and policy contexts that shape practice. In addition, the authors include structured learning tasks that can be used to guide the development of practice skills in supervised nursing home practicums and field settings. Professionals from a variety of fields including social work, nursing, geriatric mental health, medicine, and nursing home administration will find this book to be an invaluable resource in their own day to day work. "This book presents a useful and thorough introduction to the subject of case practice with older persons in nursing homes. While of interest to anyone who desires to work with older persons in nursing homes, this book will be particularly useful to students and professors in social work and gerontology courses. Instructors will find that the chapters lend themselves effectively to course organization, and they will appreciate the model fieldwork assignments that are presented in the appendix. [+]" -Clinical Gerontologist "This book provides a detailed and practical introduction to the subject of geriatric case practice in nursing homes. To the authors' credit, the content reflects a sound psychosocial theoretical base consistent with social service and social work practice. Students, beginning case practitioners, and instructors will find this book to be a useful guide to geriatric case practice in nursing homes. " -Clinical Gerontologist "Generally, the private nursing-home sector is poorly served with high quality literature specifically relating to this field; so, it is pleasing to find a book such as Geriatric Case Practice in Nursing Homes which is extremely well-written and fully referenced. I definitely recommend [this book] to health-care staff from any profession who have contact with elderly people, particularly nursing and rest-home staff, hospital, community- and day-centre staff, and nursing-home inspectors. " -Nursing Standard "Very useful as a textbook in schools of social work. The text would be valuable to any professional neophyte in the nursing home industry who needs an overview of the field, its development and the policies that are meant to effect change in quality of care. A major strength of this text is found in the 26-page appendix which thoughtfully and in great detail provides outlines, including learning objectives, for implementing several model fieldwork assignments in nursing homes. " -Priscilla Ebersole, Ph. D. , R. N. , F. A. A. N. , Geriatric Nursing "It presents a great deal of informative material with clarity in a well-organizeed and useful manner. Students and others who work in nursing facilities will become well-acquainted with the dimensions and complexities of these institutions when they read this book. " -Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology.
Creator: World Health Organization
Publication date: 2006-03
Price: $20.00
Review Tools for Planning and Developing Human Resources for HIV/AIDS and Other Health Services / Management Sciences for Health:
Creator: Randall E. Marcus
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1991-01
Dewey code: 617.3
List Price: $49.95
Price: $39.46
Review Orthopaedics Pipc (U.S.-Mexico Contemporary Perspectives Series) / Practice Management Information Corporation:
Publication date: 1998-07
Dewey code: 362.10941
List Price: $90.00
Price: $29.25
Review Health and the National Health Service (Change in Britain Series- a New Audit, 5) / Athlone Press:
Creator: Tamara L. Roleff
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2002-12-13
Dewey code: 362.1969792
List Price: $23.70
Price: $20.00
Review Opposing Viewpoints Series - AIDS (paperback edition) (Opposing Viewpoints Series) / Greenhaven Press:In this anthology, scientists, activists, and dissenters explore the controversy surrounding the AIDS crisis. Chapters include: What Is the State of the Global AIDS Epidemic? What Policies Should Be Adopted for HIV Testing? How Can the Spread of AIDS Be Controlled? How Should AIDS Be Treated? (20020801).
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